- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1760]
- Call Number:
- Mellon MS 110
- Container / Volume:
- 2
- Image Count:
- 989
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of a pietistic, mystical text in prose and verse, illustrated by a great variety of illustrations cut from manuscripts of smaller dimensions (plus some prints), and pasted in. These illustrations include the "Python" illuminated drawing which has been reproduced in color, a series of "alchemical processes depicted symbolically taking place within flasks", as well as many other pictorial elements drawn from a variety of sources
- Description:
- In German, Low-German, Latin, and Hebrew., Script: Written by a single hand in dark brown and pale red inks in a loose and flowing cursive, often with Fraktur elements, frequently placing capital letters in the midst of words, sometimes in red; with some inserted leaves and additional matter by another, perhaps slightly later hand, and with pasted-in leaves, usually with illustrations, partly taken from older manuscripts, and partly (apparently) by the compiler., Watermarks: The inserted leaves of paper with a large fleur-de-lys watermark, unidentified; the thinner paper used for most of the volumes with unidentified watermark in folds., With additions in German and Dutch., Bound in 2 volumes., and Binding: Uniformly bound in eighteenth- or nineteenth-century marbled boards, red leather backs with three bands, each volume with modern brown calf title labels gold-stamped "ALCHYMICAL MANUSCRIPT," speckled edges.
- Subject (Topic):
- Alchemy, Illumination of books and manuscripts, and Pietism
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Alchemical and rosicrucian compendium
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- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1760]
- Call Number:
- Mellon MS 110
- Container / Volume:
- 1
- Image Count:
- 950
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of a pietistic, mystical text in prose and verse, illustrated by a great variety of illustrations cut from manuscripts of smaller dimensions (plus some prints), and pasted in. These illustrations include the "Python" illuminated drawing which has been reproduced in color, a series of "alchemical processes depicted symbolically taking place within flasks", as well as many other pictorial elements drawn from a variety of sources
- Description:
- In German, Low-German, Latin, and Hebrew., Script: Written by a single hand in dark brown and pale red inks in a loose and flowing cursive, often with Fraktur elements, frequently placing capital letters in the midst of words, sometimes in red; with some inserted leaves and additional matter by another, perhaps slightly later hand, and with pasted-in leaves, usually with illustrations, partly taken from older manuscripts, and partly (apparently) by the compiler., Watermarks: The inserted leaves of paper with a large fleur-de-lys watermark, unidentified; the thinner paper used for most of the volumes with unidentified watermark in folds., With additions in German and Dutch., Bound in 2 volumes., and Binding: Uniformly bound in eighteenth- or nineteenth-century marbled boards, red leather backs with three bands, each volume with modern brown calf title labels gold-stamped "ALCHYMICAL MANUSCRIPT," speckled edges.
- Subject (Topic):
- Alchemy, Illumination of books and manuscripts, and Pietism
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Alchemical and rosicrucian compendium
- Creator:
- Jesuits. Letters from missions
- Published / Created:
- 1726-58.
- Call Number:
- 1975 +157
- Image Count:
- 17
- Alternative Title:
- Neuer Welt-Bott and Neuen Welt-Botts
- Description:
- BEIN 1975 +157: Imperfect: pt. 9-11 in duplicate; t.-p. of v.1 wanting., BEIN 1976 +337: 33 cm. Imperfect: last leaf (Tabula erratorum) mutilated., BEIN 1998 +75: Imperfect: v. 3 (pts. 21-24) only. 33 cm., Title varies., Vol. 3 (pts. 21-24) has title: Neuer Welt-Bott. Das ist, Allerhand so lehr-als geist-reiche Brief ..., Imprint varies. Title-page to v.4 and to parts 26-36 have imprint: Wien, L.J. Kaliwoda., Each pt. has separate t.-p. and paging, except pts. 21-22 and 23-24, which are double pts., The work is also divided into five tomes, tome 1-4 with independent t.-p.'s. Tome 1 comprising pts. 1-8, tome 2: pts. 9-16, tome 3: pts. 17-24, tome 4: pts. 25-32, tome 5: pts. 33-36. Tome 5 has half-title: Des neuen Welt-Botts tomus V. Erste Halbscheid, it is apparently not known whether there was a second pt. to it., "Mostly taken from unpublished manuscripts. Only the smaller part has been translated from the "Lettres edifiantes." -- cf. Sabin 52376., and Compiled after Stöcklein's death by Peter Probst and Franciscus Keller.
- Publisher:
- Verlegts Philipp/ Martin/ und Johann Veith seel. erben
- Subject (Name):
- Jesuits
- Subject (Topic):
- Missions
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Allerhand so lehr- als geist-reiche Brief/ Schrifften und Reis-Beschreibungen/ welche von denen Missionariis der Gesellschafft Jesu aus beyden Indien/ und andern über Meer gelegenen Ländern/ seit Anno 1652. biss 1726. in Europa angelangt synd
- Published / Created:
- [1780?]
- Call Number:
- GER37
- Image Count:
- 39
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Description:
- BEIN GER37: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., French suit system., Composition of deck: 78 [A, K, Q, C, J, 10-2, trumps I-XXI, Fool]., CourtCards: Abundant fleurs-de-lis; KS with harp and sceptre; QS in left profile, holds flower; JS with leaping dog; KH holds orb and sword; heraldic device of Saxony at feet; KD in left profile: LEIPZIG; JC with space for inscription., and Trumps: Single figure trumps; VI with man and camel; VII, unicorn; X, lion; XIII, man rides trunk of elephant; Fool holds violin and bow.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Germany
- Subject (Topic):
- Playing cards, Tarot (Game), and Animals
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Animal Tarock deck
- Published / Created:
- [1785?]
- Call Number:
- GER38
- Image Count:
- 10
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Description:
- BEIN GER38: Imperfect: AH; K, QS, K-JD; Q, JC; 8, 3S; 5, 2H; 10, 3C, trumps II-VI, VII-XXI, Fool wanting. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., French suit system., Composition of deck: 78 [A, K, Q, C, J, 10-2, trumps I-XXI, Fool]., Aces: AS was made by eradicating two of the pips on the 3S., CourtCards: JS with leaping dog; KH with orb, sword, crowned eagle; KC holds sceptre., and Trumps: Single figure trumps.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Germany
- Subject (Topic):
- Playing cards, Tarot (Game), and Animals
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Animal Tarock deck
- Creator:
- Perrin, Conrad Josué, playing card maker
- Published / Created:
- [1770?]
- Call Number:
- GER50
- Image Count:
- 36
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Description:
- BEIN GER50: Imperfect: 6 of Spades wanting. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., French suit system., Composition of deck: 78 [A, K, Q, C, J, 10-2, trumps I-XXI, Fool]., Tax stamp on Ace of Hearts, red, CourtCards: KS with sun face on cheest, fleurs-de-lis; JS with leaping dog; KH with orb, sword, eagle; KD: BERLIN / [fleurs-de-lis]; KC with fleurs-de-lis, Bavarian checkered pattern on shields; JC holds small device displaying Berlin bear: Conrad Josue Perrin. Kings retain their flat, two dimensional aspect while the other courts are presented in a naturalistic manner., Trumps: Trump I depicts jester holding rack of wursts; IV, bird and cat; VI, eagle; XX, soldier with cap: FR; XXI, figure with bear and pole., and The courts are related to the Paris style; the trumps are quite similar to contemporary Bavarian packs. See D. Hoffmann and E. Kroppenstedt 1967.
- Publisher:
- Conrad Josué Perrin
- Subject (Geographic):
- Germany
- Subject (Topic):
- Playing cards, Tarot (Game), and Animals
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Animal Tarock deck
- Creator:
- Lieber, Anna Susanna
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1743]
- Call Number:
- Mellon MS 81
- Image Count:
- 492
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of an experimental alchemical compilation, devoted to laboratory procedures
- Description:
- In German and Latin., Script: Partly written by F.F. Weichenhaan in a clear, sometimes hasty cursive sloping to the right, in Fraktur for the passages in German; the remainder written by Anna Susanna Lieber in a rather loose and pointed Fraktur sloping to the right., Watermarks: Watermarks of the smaller papers at edges and cut, not identified; the paper folded in quarto with a decidely brownish tint and a large, faint watermark in the folds, not identified., Light to very dark brown inks, no color, a few sketches of apparatus in the text. No catchwords, no signatures., Compiled about 1743 by F.F. Weichenhaan, partly from materials written about 1705 by Anna Susanna Lieber., and Binding: Old paper boards with parchment back, a title lettered in brown ink by a modern hand in gothic letters on the backstrip, plain edges.
- Subject (Topic):
- Alchemy and Laboratory Techniques and Procedures
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Arcana divina et compendium cum clavibus philosophischen realitaten und experimenten
- Published / Created:
- between 1400 and 1499.
- Call Number:
- Manuscript 60 vault
- Image Count:
- 190
- Resource Type:
- text
- Alternative Title:
- Receipt book; German text on materia medica : written on vellum and paper in two different hands, with original wooden boards
- Description:
- Manuscript, in parchment, in unidentified hand, containing a collection of medical recipes in German (ff. 1-11 and 18-67), materia medica in German and Latin (ff. 11-18), and more recipes added between the late 15th century and the 18th century (ff. 67-88). Includes a 15th-century prayer against the falling sickness on the back flyleaf., In German and Latin., Title devised by cataloger., Script: gothic minuscule., Layout: single column of varying length., Decoration: medical receipts (ff. 1-67) rubricated., and Binding: bound in wooden boards; no backing. Traces of clasps. "Sermones" visible on the wood.
- Subject (Topic):
- Materia medica, Medicine, Manuscripts, and Recipes
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Collection of medical receipts
- Creator:
- Schenleitner, Franz, playing card maker
- Published / Created:
- [1715]
- Call Number:
- AUS90
- Image Count:
- 25
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Alternative Title:
- Kartenspil ist ungewert, wan man zu rechter Zeit avfhert and Kartenspiel is ungewehrt, wenn man zu rechter Zeit aufhört
- Description:
- BEIN AUS90: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title from 2 of Swords., Latin/Italian suit system., Composition of deck: 36 [A, K, C, J, 10-7, 2]., Tax stamp on Ace of Coins, black: [asymmetrical cartouche] / AS / 7X., Aces: AB: FRANZ SCHEN LEITNER; AC, crowned eagle., Court cards: KB, KD: F.S.L., and Pipcards: 2S: 17 / [heraldic device] / 15 / DAS KARTENSPIL / IST VNGEWERT - / WAN MAN ZV / RECHTER / ZEIT AVF / HERT.; 7d: FSL / STEYER
- Publisher:
- Franz Schenleitner
- Subject (Geographic):
- Austria
- Subject (Topic):
- Playing cards
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Das Kartenspil ist vngewert, wan man zv rechter Zeit avfhert
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1790]
- Call Number:
- Mellon MS 132
- Image Count:
- 244
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of an alchemical text containing an excellent copy of the poem beginning "Unter den sieben Planeten bin ich Sol genannt ..." with associated prose commentaries, as first seen in MS 94. Decorated with a fine frontispiece and elegant head- and tailpieces all drawn in a copperplate style, as well as a series of pen-and-wash drawings depicting alchemical processes emblematically within circles, often surmounted by crosses
- Description:
- In German and Latin., Script: Calligraphically written in brown inks in a delicate Fraktur with some words or passages in cursive and with title pages in red and brown in elaborate gothic scripts., Watermarks: Written throughout on paper with a "PRO PATRIA" watermark, similar to Heawood 3696-3718, but countermarked with letters "CMH" (? in folds and uncertain)., and Binding: Original or contemporary binding of brown calf, the sides with a blind-impressed border of small tools, partly covered by a single gold rule, the back in six compartments decorated with gold-stamped small tools in a floral pattern, the second compartment from the top stamped directly with "BUCH DER WEISH" and the next compartment below with "MS." Edges peckled red over gilding.
- Subject (Topic):
- Alchemy and German poetry
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Das buch der weissheit zum langen leben und vollkommenen reichthum